Patient Education for Children and Adolescents

 ***BIPOLAR DISORDER ***

Patient education is an effective tool in supporting compliance and treatment for a diagnosis. It is important to consider effective ways to educate patients and their families about a diagnosis—such as coaching, brochures, or videos—and to recognize that the efficacy of any materials may differ based on the needs and learning preferences of a particular patient. Because patients or their families may be overwhelmed with a new diagnosis, it is important that materials provided by the practitioner clearly outline the information that patients need to know.

For this Assignment, you will pretend that you are a contributing writer to a health blog. You are tasked with explaining important information about an assigned mental health disorder in language appropriate for child/adolescent patients and/or their caregivers. 

• By Day 1, your Instructor will assign a mood or anxiety disorder diagnosis for you to use for this Assignment BIPOLAR DISORDER.
• Research signs and symptoms for your diagnosis, pharmacological treatments, nonpharmacological treatments, and appropriate community resources and referrals.
• By Day 1, your Instructor will assign a mood or anxiety disorder diagnosis for you to use for this Assignment.
• Research signs and symptoms for your diagnosis, pharmacological treatments, nonpharmacological treatments, and appropriate community resources and referrals.

Resources: 

• Hilt, R. J., & Nussbaum, A. M. (2016).DSM-5 pocket guide for child and adolescent mental healthLinks to an external site.. American Psychiatric Association Publishing.
  • Chapter 3, “Common Clinical Concerns”
  • Chapter 7, “A Brief Version of DSM-5″
  • Chapter 8, “A stepwise approach to Differential Diagnosis”
  • Chapter 10, “Selected DSM-5 Assessment Measures”
  • Chapter 11, “Rating Scales and Alternative Diagnostic Systems”Links to an external site.
• Shoemaker, S. J., Wolf, M. S., & Brach, C. (2014).The patient education materials assessment tool (PEMAT) and user’s guideLinks to an external site.. Agency for Healthcare Re
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• search and Quality. https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/pemat_guide.pdfLinks to an external site.
• Thapar, A., Pine, D. S., Leckman, J. F., Scott, S., Snowling, M. J., & Taylor, E. A. (2015). Rutter’s child and adolescent psychiatry (6th ed.). Wiley Blackwell.
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  • Chapter 60, “Anxiety Disorders”
  • Chapter 61, “Obsessive Compulsive Disorder”
  • Chapter 62, “Bipolar Disorder in Childhood”
  • Chapter 63, “Depressive Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence”